Advanced Science
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2022
·Vol. 9
·期 26
·2201573
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IF 17.521
Fangwen Cheng,Fang Cao,Binwen Chen,Xinfeng Dai,Ziheng Tang,Yifei Sun,Jun Yin,Jing Li,Nanfeng Zheng,Binghui Wu
Power conversion efficiency (PCE) and long-term stability are two vital issues for perovskite solar cells (PSCs). However, there is still a lack of suitable hole transport layers (HTLs) to endow PSCs with both high efficiency and stability. Here, NiO x nanoparticles are promoted as an efficient and 85 °C/85%-stable inorganic HTL for high-performance n-i-p PSCs, with the introduction of perovskite quantum dots (QDs) between perovskite and NiO x as systematic interfacial engineering. The QD intercalation enhances film morphology and assembly regulation of NiO x HTLs . Due to structure–function correlations, hole mobility within NiO x HTL is improved. And the hole extraction from perovskite to NiO x is also facilitated, resulting from reduced trap states and optimized energy level alignments. Hence, the promoted NiO x -based n-i-p PSCs exhibit high PCE (21.59%) and excellent stability (sustaining 85 °C aging in air without encapsulation). Furthermore, encapsulated solar modules with QDs-promoted NiO x HTLs show impressive stability during 85 °C/85% aging test for 1000 hours. With high transparency, QDs-promoted NiO x is also demonstrated to be an advanced HTL for semitransparent PSCs. This work develops promising NiO x inorganic HTL in n-i-p PSCs for manufacturing next-generation photovoltaic devices.
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Molecular Catalysis
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2025
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Haoyu Jia,Jinyue Hu,Le Zhao,Xiaoke Zheng,Weisheng Feng
Baohuoside I, a valuable flavonoid derivative of Herba Epimedii , exhibits superior bioactivities compared to its precursor, icariin. The conversion of icariin to baohuoside I using β-glucosidase (β-G) is an efficient approach for industrial production. Herein, β-G was successfully immobilized into a porous materials metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) via a simple one-pot coprecipitation method. The β-G@MOF biocomposite exhibited high encapsulation efficiency and excellent tolerance to extreme pH, high temperature, organic solvent and glucose. Remarkably, β-G@MOF retained its full initial activity even at 200 mM glucose. The β-G@MOF has a lower K m value compared with the free β-G, indicating enhanced substrate affinity. A conversion of 99.8 % was achieved in the hydrolysis of icariin to baohuoside I within 2 h. Additionally, β-G@MOF exhibited significantly reusability, maintaining 70.5 % yield after eight cycles at 60 °C. This study provides a simple, efficient, and sustainable approach for industrial production of baohuoside I and has potential for hydrolyzing other poorly soluble flavonoids.
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Food Bioscience
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2024
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Xin-Yu Zu,Ya-Nan Zhao,Yan Liang,Ying-Qiu Li,Chen-Ying Wang,Xiang-Zhong Zhao,Hua Wang
The rapid screening of angiotensin I-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitory peptides (ACEIPs) from protein hydrolysates remains a challenge in current researches. The current study presents the development of an efficient affinity medium (AOPAN–ACE) consisting of ACE immobilized on the surface of electrostatically spun polyacrylonitrile nanofibrous membranes for the efficient screening of ACEIPs. The application of this affinity medium followed by liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry analysis resulted in the successful screening and identification of 60 potential ACEIPs from protein hydrolysates of tuna dark muscle. Notably, the application of PeptideRanker, pLM4ACE, and molecular docking approaches resulted in the screening and identification of a novel ACEIP FPPDVA. Furthermore, the peptide FPPDVA was synthesized using the solid-phase method, and its IC 50 value on ACE was determined to be 87.11 ± 1.02 μM. Molecular docking analysis suggested that the ACEIP of the peptide FPPDVA is attributable to the formation of hydrogen bonds with the S1 active site (Ala354 and Tyr523) of ACE and metal–ligand bonds with Zn 2+ . In addition, molecular dynamics simulations revealed that the peptide FPPDVA formed a stable complex with ACE and was consistently localized within the active pocket of ACE over a simulation duration of 100 ns without being displaced from the active site. Lineweaver–Burk analysis further confirmed that the peptide FPPDVA exhibited mixed mode of inhibition against ACE. Overall, the affinity medium developed in the current study is potentially useful for highly efficient screening of ACEIPs, and the novel ACEIP FPPDVA identified herein is a promising functional food ingredient for antihypertensive application.
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BMC Veterinary Research
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2024
·Vol. 20
·期 1
·1-11
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Yang Yuxin,Hu XianWang,Wang Shuangshuang,Tian Yongxiang,Yang Keli,Li Chang,Wu Qiong,Liu Wei,Gao Ting,Yuan Fangyan,Guo Rui,Liu Zewen,Yang Yuying,Zhou Danna
Background Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) is a mosquito-borne zoonotic pathogen that causes encephalitis in humans and reproductive failure in pigs. The transmission of JEV between humans and animals poses a significant public health threat and results in substantial economic losses. Excessive inflammation in the central nervous system of JEV-infected patients is a major cause of mortality and disability. Rosmarinic acid (RA), a polyhydroxyphenolic compound isolated from medicinal herbs, has been preliminarily shown to possess anti-inflammatory properties and significantly inhibit JEV-induced neuroinflammation in mice. Results This study investigated the antiviral capacity and potential mechanisms of RA in JEV-infected cells. The results demonstrated that RA could inhibit JEV replication in vitro. Furthermore, the expression levels of inflammatory cytokines (including IL-6, IL-1β, CCL-2, and TNF-α), membrane receptors (including RIG-I, TLR3, TLR4, TLR7, and TLR8), NF-κB complex and p62/SQSTM1 were assessed using qPCR, ELISA, and Western blot, respectively. The findings indicated that RA significantly suppressed the expression of IL-6, IL-1α, TNF-α, and CCL-2 in JEV-infected BV-2 cells in a dose-dependent manner. Additionally, RA treatment downregulated the expression levels of RIG-I and p62, while p62 silencing inhibited the upregulation of inflammatory cytokines in JEV-infected BV-2 cells. Conclusion Our present study highlights the important role of RA-mediated reduction of RIG-I and p62 in microglia, conferring resistance to Japanese encephalitis virus-induced inflammation.
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JOURNAL OF BIOMOLECULAR STRUCTURE & DYNAMICS
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2020
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Xue-Wen Liu,Ning-Yi Liu,Yuan-Qing Deng,Shan Wang,Ting Liu,Yu-Cai Tang,Yuan-Dao Chen,Ji-Lin Lu
Ruthenium(II) complexes containing phenazine ring have attracted attention to design as ‘molecular light switches’. In this study, we synthesized two ruthenium complexes containing phenazine ring and studied their abilities to function as DNA intercalators, DNA ‘light switches’, DNA topo I inhibitors, DNA photocleavers and potential antitumor reagents. [Ru(bpy)2(mbipz)](PF6)2 (1) (bpy = 2,2′-bipyridine, mbipz = 2-(4′-methyl-bipyridine-4-yl)-1H-imidazo[4,5-b]phenazine) exhibited off–on type DNA ‘light swtich’ behavior. DNA binding modes of the two complexes were determined as intercalation by using UV–vis spectra, emission spectra, viscosity and molecular docking experiments. DNA photocleavage experimental results showed that the two ruthenium complexes effectively cleave plasmid DNA by producing singlet oxygen. Furthermore, they displayed good topo I inhibition activities. We further found that the two complexes displayed good antitumor activities against Eca-109 cells and A549 cells. The results demonstrated that introduction of phenazine ring will be helpful to design DNA ‘light switch’ based on ruthenium complex.Communicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma
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MICROCHIMICA ACTA
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2022
·Vol. 189
·期 12
·1-11
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Wang Yue,Zhai Hongguo,Yin Jiaqi,Guo Qi,Zhang Yuhao,Yang Qingqing,Li Falan,Sun Xia,Guo Yemin,Zhang Yanyan
With the development of exonuclease, the exonuclease has been used to construct a variety of aptasensor and to realize the signal amplification. Among them, based on silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs) and exonuclease I (Exo I)-assisted cycle signal amplification strategy, we designed a novel high-sensitivity dual-target electrochemical biosensor to detect Pb 2+ or Hg 2+ in water. In the presence of Hg 2+ , the Hg 2+ was fixed to the aptamer chain by thymine-Hg 2+ -thymine (T-Hg 2+ -T), resulting in the decrease of signal. When Pb 2+ was present, DNA single strand S2 dissociated and was bound to Pb 2+ , which automatically triggered Exo I to selectively cut the single chain from the recognition site to achieve the cyclic amplification of the electrochemical signal. The interaction between aptamer and Exo I was investigated by gel electrophoresis. Under the optimum conditions in the scan range -0.20 to 0.60 V, the biosensor had high sensitivity with a linear range of 100 pg/L to 10.0 mg/L, Pb 2+ or Hg 2+ , and the detection limits were 17.0 pg/L ( R 2 = 0.993) and 12.0 pg/L ( R 2 = 0.993), respectively. The relative standard deviation (RSD) of the sensor was 0.5–2.6%, and the recovery of spiked standard solutions was between 98.3 and 110%. The cycle amplification strategy supported by this enzyme has promising applications in detection of the two metal ions in various fields. Graphical Abstract
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INORGANICA CHIMICA ACTA
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2022
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Xin Yan,Jia-Qian Chen,Mao-Lin Hu,Hiroshi Sakiyama,Mohd. Muddassir,Jian-Qiang Liu
Two different silver(I) complexes with diphenylphosphonic acid as peripheral ligand were designed and synthesized by using different solvents. The complexes were characterized by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), infrared spectroscopy (IR), elemental analysis (EA), thermogravimetric analysis (TG). Single crystal X-ray analysis established the final structure of both complexes. The interaction modes of the two clusters with DNA were investigated by fluorescence and electrochemical analysis. The theoretical result was justified with the help of theoretical data. The results established that the cluster with methanol solvent was more stable binding with the DNA and protein than the cluster with DMF molecule.
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TALANTA
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2021
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Xiao-Jing Liao,Hui-Jin Xiao,Jun-Tao Cao,Shu-Wei Ren,Yan-Ming Liu
Photoelectrochemical (PEC) immunoassay is a burgeoning and promising bioanalytical method . However, the practical application of PEC still exist some challenges such as the inevitable damage of biomolecules caused by the PEC system and the unsatisfactory sensitivity for biomarkers with low abundance in real sample. To solve the problems, we integrated the cosensitized structure of Ag2S/ZnO nanocomposities as photoelectrode with photogenerated hole-induced chemical redox cycling amplification (CRCA) strategy to develop a split-type PEC immunosensor for cardiac troponin I (cTnI) with high sensitivity. Initially, the immunoreaction was carried out on the 96-well plates in which alkaline phosphatase (ALP) could catalyze ascorbic acid 2-phosphate (AAP) to generate the signal-reporting species ascorbic acid (AA). Subsequently, the AA participated and the tris (2-carboxyethyl) phosphine (TCEP) mediated chemical redox cycling reaction took place on the photoelectrode, thus leading to signal amplification. Under the optimized conditions, the immunosensor demonstrated a detection limit (LOD) of 3.0 × 10 −15 g mL −1 with a detection range of 1.0 × 10 −14 g mL −1 to 1.0 × 10 −9 g mL −1 for cTnI. Impressively, the proposed method could determine the cTnI in human serum samples with high sensitivity and satisfactory accuracy. Considering the virtues of the photoelectrode and the chemical redox cycling strategy, the method would hold great potential for highly sensitive biosensing and bioanalysis .
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MOLECULES
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2018
·Vol. 23
·期 12
·3369
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Li-Min Zhao,Zhen Guo,Yi-Jie Xue,Jun Zhe Min,Wen-Jing Zhu,Xiang-Yu Li,Hu-Ri Piao,Cheng Hua Jin
The transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β), in which overexpression has been associated with various diseases, has become an attractive molecular target for the treatment of cancers. Thirty-two quinoxaline-derivatives of 3-substituted-4-(quinoxalin-6-yl) pyrazoles14a–d,15a–d,16a–d,17a–d,18a–d,19a–d,25a,25b,25d,26a,26b,26d,27b, and27dwere synthesized and evaluated for their activin TGF-β type I receptor kinase and p38α mitogen activated protein (MAP) kinase inhibitory activity in enzymatic assays. Among these compounds, the most active compound19binhibited TGF-β type I receptor kinase phosphorylation with an IC50value of 0.28 µM, with 98% inhibition at 10 µM. Compound19balso had good selectivity index of >35 against p38α MAP kinase, with 9.0-fold more selective than clinical candidate, compound3(LY-2157299). A molecular docking study was performed to identify the mechanism of action of the synthesized compounds and their good binding interactions were observed. ADMET prediction of good active compounds showed that these ones possess good pharmacokinetics and drug-likeness behavior.Keywords:TGF-β;ALK5 inhibitor;kinase assay;selectivity;docking
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MICROCHIMICA ACTA
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2019
·Vol. 186
·期 5
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IF 5.479
Tan Xiaofeng,Zhang Lianhua,Tang Qiaorong,Zheng Gengxiu,Li He
A nanozyme-linked immunosorbent assay is described for cardiac troponin I which is a biomarker for myocardial infarction. The method is based on the use of Pd-Ir nanocubes with excellent peroxidase-like activity. The nanocubes catalyze the oxidization of nonfluorescent o-phenylenediamine (OPD) by H 2 O 2 to form a yellow fluorescent product (oxOPD) with excitation/emission maxima at 400/570 nm. Carbon dots are added as a reference fluorophore. Under the same excitation wavelength, they display blue fluorescence (450 nm). The ELISA uses the Pd-Ir nanocubes as a label for the secondary antibody and OPD as substrate. The ratio of fluorescence intensities at 570 and 450 nm increases in the 1 pg·mL −1 to 1 ng·mL −1 cardiac troponin I concentration range, and the detection limit is 0.31 pg·mL −1 . The method was applied to analyze spiked serum samples, and the results compared well with those obtained by a commercial chemiluminescence assay.
Schematic presentation of the ratiometric fluorescence immunoassay for cardiac troponin-I. Pd-Ir nanocubes were employed to fabricate nanozyme-based signal labels for its excellent peroxidase-mimicking activity.
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CHEMICAL PAPERS
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2017
·Vol. 72
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·51-56
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Wei Mengyi,Qian Chao,Chen Xinzhi
Based on the recycling of NO
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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
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2021
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Chengxue Ma,Haijun Cheng,Ruixing Huang,Yijie Zou,Qiang He,Xiaoliu Huangfu,Jun Ma
The oxidation of thallium [Tl(I)] to Tl(III) by chlorine (HOCl) is an important process changing its removal performance in water treatment. However, the role of bromide (Br–), a common constituent in natural water, in the oxidation behavior of Tl(I) during chlorination remains unknown. Our results demonstrated that Br– was cycled and acted as a catalyst to enhance the kinetics of Tl(I) oxidation by HOCl over the pH range of 5.0–9.5. Different Tl(I) species (i.e., Tl+ and TlOH(aq)) and reactive bromine species (i.e., HOBr/BrO–, BrCl, Br2O, and BrOCl) were kinetically relevant to the enhanced oxidation of Tl(I). The oxidation by free bromine species became the dominant pathway even at a low Br– level of 50 μg/L for a chlorine dose of 2 mg of Cl2/L. It was found that the reactions of Tl+/BrCl, Tl+/BrOCl, and TlOH(aq)/HOBr dominated the kinetics of Tl(I) oxidation at pH < 6.0, pH 6.0–8.0, and pH > 8.0, respectively. The species-specific rate constants for Tl+ reacting with individual bromine species were determined and decreased in the order: BrCl > Br2 > BrOCl > Br2O > HOBr. Overall, the presented results refine our knowledge regarding the species-specific reactivity of TI(I) with bromine species and will be useful for further prediction of thallium mobility in chlorinated waters containing bromide.
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